Carp are more in line with the "Surf Ghost" of the Southern California Surf....CORBINA. Very hard to get to eat your fly. Even if you put your fly right in front of them. I hear that as long as your careful with your approach, the Bonefish will eat your fly if you get it in front of them. Not so with CORBINA... I've swam my flies past a good number of them, only to have afew actually decide they wanted to eat it... Even when you Mouth hook a CORBINA (the nature of the game in the surf means that sometimes while just stripping in the Fly, a fish will swim over the top & you accidently "belly Hook" the fish.. Corbina, being bottom feeding fish, it happens to more so then Surfperch) it's no certianty you'll land the fish...they know all the tricks. I have read from two seperate, reliable sources that consider catching Corbina on the fly harder then getting a Permit to eat your fly... since I actually admire both gentlemen, I'll take their words on it. i Know that Corbina are tougher to get to eat your fly then the Bonefish....that observation based on a number of folks I fish with who fish for both..... So Now i look at Carp as Freshwater Corbina, but that view only applies if you live in Southern California...so i think....
DEAN...
Steve Brettell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
---Dave Whitlock just wrote a good article on Carping. Unfortunately, the magazine is in the car, which is away from home today. It's currently on the newstands, though.
Anyhooooo. . . one of the points he makes is that carp are very hard to catch on purpose. They aren't agressive preditors, so won't chase bait. Dave says that it's necessary to toss your fly inside a 24inch cirlcle in front of the carp's nose to have them notice it. Carp have more sensitive noses, ears, and taste buds than many other fish, so sight fishing is the best approach. Be sneaky and accurate.
Steve,
In Maryland
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